National ranking · College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Top 100 Largest Colleges by Undergraduate Enrollment

According to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, using data retrieved March–July 2026, these rank as the biggest of 6,243 US colleges by reported undergraduate student enrollment - institutional headcounts sourced from IPEDS, with the largest enrolling well over 100,000 undergraduates, across all 50 states.

Compiled by PlainCollege , College outcomes data analysis

163,164
Largest enrollment: 100
Colleges ranked: 23,113
#100 enrollment

The list in one line

Every one of America's 100 largest colleges enrolls at least 23,113 students. Southern New Hampshire University is the biggest of all, with 163,164 enrolled.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

163,164
#1 biggest - Southern New Hampshire: 23,113
#100 - the cutoff to make this list: 100
colleges ranked, all 50 states

Ranked by reported undergraduate student enrollment; see the methodology for reporting-year details.

Southern New Hampshire U…

163,164
Western Governors Univer…

155,088
University of Phoenix-Ar…

85,991
Grand Canyon University

73,371
Arizona State University…

64,674
Texas A&M University-Col…

59,615
University of Central Fl…

59,146
Ivy Tech Community College

58,267
Arizona State University…

53,782
Liberty University

50,012
University of Maryland G…

49,664
Miami Dade College

46,182
Ohio State University-Ma…

45,638
Lone Star College System

45,188
Purdue University-Main C…

44,503

What this shows Large public flagships and online-heavy institutions dominate this list - undergraduate headcount measures scale, not selectivity or the on-campus experience at any one of these schools.

Here is where the #100 cutoff (23,113 undergraduates) lands among all US colleges:

The bar to make this top-100 list

Undergraduate enrollment, IPEDS via College Scorecard

23,113 Top 2% higher than 98% of 5,451 US colleges

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education IPEDS · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Full ranking table

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#	School Name	State	Undergraduate Enrollment	City
1	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	163,164	Manchester
2	Western Governors University	UT	155,088	Salt Lake City
3	University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	85,991	Phoenix
4	Grand Canyon University	AZ	73,371	Phoenix
5	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	64,674	Tempe
6	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	59,615	College Station
7	University of Central Florida	FL	59,146	Orlando
8	Ivy Tech Community College	IN	58,267	Indianapolis
9	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	53,782	Scottsdale
10	Liberty University	VA	50,012	Lynchburg
11	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	49,664	Adelphi
12	Miami Dade College	FL	46,182	Miami
13	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	45,638	Columbus
14	Lone Star College System	TX	45,188	The Woodlands
15	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	44,503	West Lafayette
16	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	44,397	Rexburg
17	Dallas College	TX	43,869	Dallas
18	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	42,855	Austin
19	University of Arizona	AZ	42,537	Tucson
20	Tarrant County College District	TX	42,300	Fort Worth
21	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	42,284	University Park
22	Kennesaw State University	GA	41,254	Kennesaw
23	Michigan State University	MI	40,922	East Lansing
24	Houston City College	TX	40,503	Houston
25	American Public University System	WV	40,074	Charles Town
26	Florida International University	FL	39,508	Miami
27	Valencia College	FL	39,486	Orlando
28	California State University-Fullerton	CA	38,546	Fullerton
29	University of Houston	TX	38,380	Houston
30	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	37,806	Bloomington
31	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	37,751	New Brunswick
32	University of South Florida	FL	37,207	Tampa
33	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	36,902	Madison
34	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	36,258	Champaign
35	Texas State University	TX	36,177	San Marcos
36	California State University-Long Beach	CA	35,924	Long Beach
37	University of Florida	FL	35,629	Gainesville
38	San Diego State University	CA	35,377	San Diego
39	University of California-San Diego	CA	34,948	La Jolla
40	University of North Texas	TX	34,341	Denton
41	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	34,177	Ann Arbor
42	Connecticut State Community College	CT	33,645	New Britain
43	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	33,475	Los Angeles
44	The University of Alabama	AL	33,227	Tuscaloosa
45	University of California-Berkeley	CA	33,068	Berkeley
46	Northern Virginia Community College	VA	33,048	Annandale
47	Brigham Young University	UT	32,952	Provo
48	California State University-Northridge	CA	32,691	Northridge
49	Texas Tech University	TX	32,394	Lubbock
50	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	32,294	Arlington
51	University of California-Davis	CA	32,253	Davis
52	Florida State University	FL	32,212	Tallahassee
53	University of Georgia	GA	32,137	Athens
54	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	31,942	Seattle
55	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	31,939	Boulder
56	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	31,855	Minneapolis
57	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	30,923	Blacksburg
58	Purdue University Global	IN	30,828	West Lafayette
59	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	30,760	College Park
60	Oregon State University	OR	30,743	Corvallis
61	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	30,594	Baton Rouge
62	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	30,580	San Antonio
63	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	30,418	Knoxville
64	University of California-Irvine	CA	30,197	Irvine
65	Austin Community College District	TX	30,189	Austin
66	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	29,882	Cincinnati
67	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	29,820	Columbia
68	NUC University	PR	28,918	Bayamon
69	University of Arkansas	AR	28,677	Fayetteville
70	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	28,666	Edinburg
71	New York University	NY	28,663	New York
72	Utah Valley University	UT	28,453	Orem
73	California State University-Sacramento	CA	28,350	Sacramento
74	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs	CO	28,086	Colorado Springs
75	DeVry University-Illinois	IL	27,825	Lisle
76	East Los Angeles College	CA	27,753	Monterey Park
77	George Mason University	VA	27,752	Fairfax
78	San Jose State University	CA	27,601	San Jose
79	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	27,371	Raleigh
80	University of Utah	UT	27,264	Salt Lake City
81	College of Southern Nevada	NV	27,252	Las Vegas
82	Auburn University	AL	26,816	Auburn
83	Georgia State University	GA	26,623	Atlanta
84	Collin County Community College District	TX	26,449	McKinney
85	Mt San Antonio College	CA	26,140	Walnut
86	Full Sail University	FL	25,777	Winter Park
87	American River College	CA	25,621	Sacramento
88	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	25,538	Fort Collins
89	Iowa State University	IA	25,367	Ames
90	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	25,042	Pomona
91	Broward College	FL	24,922	Fort Lauderdale
92	University of Kentucky	KY	24,763	Lexington
93	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	24,622	Las Vegas
94	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	24,453	Charlotte
95	El Paso Community College	TX	24,214	El Paso
96	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	23,929	Columbia
97	Florida Atlantic University	FL	23,757	Boca Raton
98	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	23,671	Amherst
99	Clemson University	SC	23,300	Clemson
100	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	23,113	Santa Barbara

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by the College Scorecard's reported undergraduate student enrollment. Graduate enrollment is not included in this metric. Only schools with reported undergraduate enrollment are included. All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. See our methodology for reporting-year details.

Caveats and limitations

Undergraduate enrollment measures the size of the undergraduate student body, not selectivity, quality, or student experience - some of the largest schools here operate heavily online, so their headcount does not translate directly into a comparable on-campus population.

Reported enrollment can include degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking undergraduates depending on how each institution submits data to IPEDS, so headcounts are not perfectly apples-to-apples across schools.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute educational advice. Undergraduate enrollment measures scale, not fit, quality, or outcomes for any individual student.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are computed directly from College Scorecard and IPEDS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.